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Question is in thread title.

I have a job at the mo, but have to keep getting up at 4/5am for it (almost every day) and I haven't been trained properly so don't know about everything, plus new "things that I'm supposed to do" (but have never been told about) keep popping up (and I'm supposed to have been shown a handbook but haven't): Example told to sweep and mop upstairs, mop toilets, spary and wipe surfaces, empty toilet bins and upstairs bins, and that's all I have to do. After finishing, I'm told I need to hoover an office. Next week I'm reminded I haven't done the pots (was never informed I'm supposed to do them) and that I haven't emptied the office bin (was never informed I'm supposed to - WNIIST). Weeks later, I'm told off for not putting toilet roll and a blue roll thing (which is pointless as there are working hand dryers) in the toilets (WNIIST). A week or so later, I get told off for not cleaning the pipes - that's right, the bloody pipes! (WNIIST) and for using the wrong spray on the mirror, despite it being the one I was told to use. Now I get in shit for not cleaning the cupboards in the kitchen (WNIIST).

So in summary, I want to quit the job ASAP. It's no wonder so many other people have quit. But I only have the cleaning experience (and I doubt I'll be able to get a reference from those employers) and a little bit of experience in a charity shop (working on the till serving customers, plus a bit of other stuff). I've also worked for Millennium Volunteers and in a Primary School (voluntary position). Have already been told I can get a reference from MV and the school.

So based on this information, what job would be likely to be not too difficult for me to get? I'm currently waiting to hear about a job I'd love to do and that I know I would be good at, but I don't know how long that will take or if my lack of "official" experience will count against me.

EDIT: I forgot to mention I live in England and need a part-time job

human lab-rat. You can swallow, right? Thinking about swallowing I think of something else too..

I hear McDonalds is hiring.

Another cleaning job somewhere else. Behind a till almost anywhere. A Red Light District. The welfare office.

Shop work
Office Temping
Construction - if you're motivated you can learn a trade and make more than most people who go to university.
Back to school
Armed Forces
Apprenticeships with plumbers and the like.
Bus Driver (they'll probably train you)
Minicab Driver (assuming you can drive)

I hear McDonalds is hiring.

McDonalds only hires people who barely understand the local language.

Waiting tables
Call center agent
Factory work
Promotion work
Another cleaning job?

You could hang around your local business district and charge stressed bankers and accountants to hurl insults at you. You could charge extra for punches.

Trilby63;11802115']You could hang around your local business district and charge stressed bankers and accountants to hurl insults at you. You could charge extra for punches.

This is genius. You win the thread.

Dentistry.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20061009.jpg

This is genius. You win the thread.

Even better, with the american elections coming up next year I think? He could stand outside the poll booths with a mask for each of the candidates. Why should it just be big business that benefits from the bipolarity of their screwed up system?

McDonalds only hires people who barely understand the local language.

they tightened their hiring process?:D

You could be a US Congressman.

You could be a US Congressman.

Don't you need money for that? I don't suppose, Mr. Multi, that you're willing to bribe people with sexual favours? You know, pretend like it's a lolipop or something..

You don't even have to be good at it. The humilitation and the whoring is what matters.

Office Temping

God -_- I'm an office temp. You get treated like crap most of the time. Everytime you end an assignment there's no guarantee you'll work next week or how long it'll take them to give you another assignment, so it's horrible for rent and bills and such.

Every so often you get lucky and get a really long-term assignment, working at a place with nice people for up to two or three months for a decent pay (14$, currently, 40 hours a week) - and I would never have gotten a job like this without a temping agency, and certainly not permanently. Not because I can't do the job, but because on paper my resume doesn't look all that impressive - no college.

How old are you? If possible (no kids or wife) try to get into a college and live off of financial aid and student loans for a while, you won't have to pay off FA at all, and not SL till after you graduate, and you'll likely get a decent job so you won't have trouble with it (though it may take a while, up to ten years to pay it all off). In the long run you'll be a lot better off with a degree on your resume.

If that doesn't work, try www.craigslist.org and search your area for jobs that interest you.

Also, you could (while in college) work your way up the ladder of a local retail store so that within five to ten years you could be general manager - my aunt and uncle did that with Marshalls, now they live in a huge house making assloads of money while they essentially just supervise people in their district.

Trilby63;11802149']Don't you need money for that? I don't suppose, Mr. Multi, that you're willing to bribe people with sexual favours? You know, pretend like it's a lolipop or something..

You don't even have to be good at it. The humilitation and the whoring is what matters.

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:confused:

He's right, unless you have an assload of money to throw around and an innate ability to kiss up to people, you won't get elected.

Uh...that wasn't the bit that had me confused...

Uh...that wasn't the bit that had me confused...

Oh, he was referring to oral sex. Sucking dick to get elected. You have to do that as well. And if your teeth hit the dick even once, you get bitchslapped and can never run again.

Oh, he was referring to oral sex. Sucking dick to get elected. You have to do that as well. And if your teeth hit the dick even once, you get bitchslapped and can never run again.

Uh, I got that bit, too...

Uh, I got that bit, too...

Then what part didn't you understand, there were only two parts. =P

Cooking, construction, roofing, painting, cashier, janitor, ticket taker at the movies, landscaping, waiter, radio dj, warehousing, grocery stocker, furniture mover, truck driving, cab driving, limo driving, butler, housekeeping, apartment maintence, plumbers helper, tire changer, roadwork and with a bit trade school education, the list will grow even longer. ;)

Then what part didn't you understand, there were only two parts. =P

Nevermind. Just figured it out. I'm dumb. *hides*

Nevermind. Just figured it out. I'm dumb. *hides*

*hug* It's okay.

thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention I live in England and need a part-time job

thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention I live in England and need a part-time job

Oh, in that case, chav hunter? There's gotta be plenty of business there. ;)

Be a bar tender, thats what I'm doing. Although before I was 18 I just collected glasses and did other stuff around thep pub.

Nevermind. Just figured it out. I'm drunk. *hides*

Fixed.

Fixed.

Not drunk yet, but I'm working on it. ;)

Be a bar tender, thats what I'm doing. Although before I was 18 I just collected glasses and did other stuff around thep pub.

Yeah if you don't mind being around alcohol and drunks all day, bartending pays really well.

Not drunk yet, but I'm working on it. ;)

Good Cluich, *pats*

Good Cluich, *pats*

Always. ;)

Hooker

Hooker

We covered that when politician was suggested.

Trilby63;11802355']We covered that when politician was suggested.

ZING!

Yeah if you don't mind being around alcohol and drunks all day, bartending pays really well.

Not in the UK it doesn't. When I was at uni I worked as bar staff plenty of times and it was strictly a minimum wage deal.

Not in the UK it doesn't. When I was at uni I worked as bar staff plenty of times and it was strictly a minimum wage deal.

You're forgetting the tips.

Not in the UK it doesn't. When I was at uni I worked as bar staff plenty of times and it was strictly a minimum wage deal.

Psh. Here in VA there's barkeep jobs that pay $1000 a week, not including tips.

Not in the UK it doesn't. When I was at uni I worked as bar staff plenty of times and it was strictly a minimum wage deal.

I work at 5.50 an hour and get tips.

Psh. Here in VA there's barkeep jobs that pay $1000 a week, not including tips.

I take it those ones are very difficult to get without experience

You're forgetting the tips.

Tips? In the UK? Are we back to hooker again?

£5.05 is the minimum wage I think. It's quite crap but it's better than dole money.

You're forgetting the tips.

This is the UK, people don't tip. The usual was for them to say 'and yours mate' when they paid and you can keep between 20 and 50 pence from the change depending on the bar, and this doesn't happen anywhere near every customer.

If you want decent tips woking behind a bar here then you best have a large pair of breasts and be willing to flirt.

This is the UK, people don't tip. The usual was for them to say 'and yours mate' when they paid and you can keep between 20 and 50 pence from the change depending on the bar, and this doesn't happen anywhere near every customer.

If you want decent tips woking behind a bar here then you best have a large pair of breasts and be willing to flirt.

Even taht doesn't always work - I worked in a place once where the women were all very attractive and wore very little, yet got hardly any tips.

Even taht doesn't always work - I worked in a place once where the women were all very attractive and wore very little, yet got hardly any tips.

Because they -all- did it. People walked in and noticed they were all whoring themselves out. If only one or two did it the customer wouldn't notice anyone else doing it so they'd feel special and would tip.

President of the US?

Even taht doesn't always work - I worked in a place once where the women were all very attractive and wore very little, yet got hardly any tips.

I once worked in a bar where the hiring policy was dictated by the gay couple running it only hiring guys they wouldn't mind sleeping with. The tips were terrible but at least we had very little trouble, 8-10 6' guys behind the bar is a good incentive not to start a fight.

President of the US?

So predictable. :rolleyes:

Because they -all- did it. People walked in and noticed they were all whoring themselves out. If only one or two did it the customer wouldn't notice anyone else doing it so they'd feel special and would tip.

No. Drunk men are not so observent to think critically about why the hot barmaid is wearing a tight top and refusing to tip accordingly.

In the UK people do not tip barstaff. They just don't. It's a minimum wage job in most places with few perks.

I am also very suspicious about what sort of bar pays their staff $1000/week...

Because they -all- did it. People walked in and noticed they were all whoring themselves out. If only one or two did it the customer wouldn't notice anyone else doing it so they'd feel special and would tip.

They weren't "whoring themselves out", they were doing what they had to do keep their jobs. And there's no such thing as "whoring yourself out" unless you're happy to apply the term equally to any man who ever wears shorts or anything less than clothes which completely cover them and aren't the slightest bit tight and don't expose their underwear in any way, shape, or form. Now stop being so bloody sexist.

So predictable. :rolleyes:


Dont you roll your e-eyes at me mister.

They weren't "whoring themselves out", they were doing what they had to do keep their jobs. And there's no such thing as "whoring yourself out" unless you're happy to apply the term equally to any man who ever wears shorts. Now stop being so bloody sexist.

I use the term "whoring" liberally, meaning to anyone who uses themselves to gain advantage. So yes, in my definition, anyone who works at a job is whoring themselves out, but specifically if you're working at a job using your body to get more tips, moreso.

Ummmmm MacDonalds?:D

I use the term "whoring" liberally, meaning to anyone who uses themselves to gain advantage. So yes, in my definition, anyone who works at a job is whoring themselves out, but specifically if you're working at a job using your body to get more tips, moreso.

The staff had to dress that way to remain employed, and they might as well try to get tips if they gotta dress taht way. Would you call a man who flirts with women a whore? Then stop being sexist.

The staff had to dress that way to remain employed, and they might as well try to get tips if they gotta dress taht way. Would you call a man who flirts with women a whore? Then stop being sexist.

You're not listening. I said ANYONE WITH A JOB whores themselves out in one way or another. Being male or female, regardless of what you dress like. If you're an IT Technician, you're whoring your brain's computer skills in exchange for money. If you're a carpenter, you're whoring your brain's experience handling building jobs and your body's ability to carry and build heavy and large things in exchange for money.

Not once did I suggest that just because they were women they were whoring themselves out more.

The staff had to dress that way to remain employed, and they might as well try to get tips if they gotta dress taht way. Would you call a man who flirts with women a whore? Then stop being sexist.


Ahhhh wazup, he is right you know. If in the course of your job you HAVE to wear prevocative clothing to KEEP your job, that is in fact whoreing your self out. It is equaly applicable to both sexes(as he has said) so he is not being sexist.

Ahhhh wazup, he is right you know. If in the course of your job you HAVE to wear prevocative clothing to KEEP your job, that is in fact whoreing your self out. It is equaly applicable to both sexes(as he has said) so he is not being sexist.

Thank you. It seems to be a rare occurance lately when someone will understand what I've said.

You're not listening. I said ANYONE WITH A JOB whores themselves out in one way or another. Being male or female, regardless of what you dress like. If you're an IT Technician, you're whoring your brain's computer skills in exchange for money. If you're a carpenter, you're whoring your brain's experience handling building jobs and your body's ability to carry and build heavy and large things in exchange for money.

Not once did I suggest that just because they were women they were whoring themselves out more.

I was listening, you just didn't make it clear you didn't specifically mean it's sexual meaning :P

sex slave.

find another cleaning job. Or do something stupid to get yourself in jail. At least then you know you would get fed.

sperm donor.

For quick cash, at least during the summer, getting a job in the moving industry isn't too bad; provided you can do the labour. It doesn't require any experience to start, it pays better than McDonald's, and you occasionally get sizeable tips.

Of course, it also kinda sucks. But it's not that hard to get into it...

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Uh, I got that bit, too...

perhaps you're wondering if the poster is speaking from experience...

Production assistant. I wish I knew that before I spent all that time getting a degree...

the first job i got was stacking shelves at a supermarket. then i worked a checkin desk for BA. then i organised distribution of, and distributed, concessionary bus passes. then i ran a bus service for a month. then i worked in a nightclub as a bar tender. now i have a job in a cafe/function centre. all but the last were without relevant experience and the only experience i had for my current job was bar tending (no waiting or silver service or anything) and i still got picked out of 30 applicants. look for jobs that say training will be provided. also working in a small shops or as a receptionist is quite easy to get without experience as my sister has done. as long as you have a good cv and a positive and lively attitude for interviews it's not too hard to get a simple part-time job.